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Category Archives: Military Matters
Merciful McClellan
A Kinder, Gentler Army? The first part of the following is an order by General McClellan forbidding his troops to maraud the locals, which would seem to me to make good policy sense. As you can read, the second order … Continue reading
Pep talk from General Longstreet
Battle sounds worse than it is. “Keep cool, obey orders, and aim low” From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 23, 1862: Gen. Longstreet’s address. The following address has been issued to the men of his division by Gen. Longstreet. It … Continue reading
Would-be Chaplain Praises Acting Surgeon
The following article in a Seneca Falls, New York newspaper from June 1862 came immediately after the story of the lingering death of Charles Mensch, so I guess the editors were developing a medical theme. A Merited Compliment The Chaplain … Continue reading
“they mowed our men down like grass”
You can read all about it at Civil War Daily Gazette and The Civil War 150th Blog. Here a man from Seneca Falls, New York, who volunteered for the 8th Michigan, describes the Battle of Secessionville in a letter home. … Continue reading
Be careful what you pray for
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 12, 1862: How the people are to pray. Usurping the prerogative of the Almighty, as will be seen by the following order, our enemies have undertaken to prescribe the from and the substantiae of … Continue reading
Died of a Wounded Knee
A Lingering Death Apparently this wounded soldier thought he had a better chance trying to get his own medical help than relying on the army. From a Seneca Falls, New York newspaper in 1862: Death and Burial of a Soldier … Continue reading
Union Hasn’t Forgotten Charleston
It is said that 150 years ago today the USS Pembina captured the schooner Rowena in the Stono River near Charleston. The southern press was also noticing increased Union military activity in the area. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June … Continue reading
Dewey Beats Truman
150 years ago today The New-York Times. devoted its front page to the Battle of Seven Pines. The paper’s battlefield correspondent made the following statement in his report: “The fall of Richmond will take place without another battle.” The editors … Continue reading
Scalped?
“Beauty and Booty”, “ruthless tyrant’s march”, “Hessians”. So far the South has found lots of ways to put down the North and strike a little extra fear into the hearts of Southerners as the Union army invades. 150 years ago … Continue reading
“nobly fought and fallen”
Apparently many Richmond civilians witnessed the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). They returned to the Confederate capital with a “thousand extravagant stories”. Many wounded soldiers were brought to the city. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 2, 1862: The … Continue reading
